**Above quote said by Clark Gable.
Today, Comet is remembering Jean Harlow on her 102 birthday, one of the most beautiful women to grace Hollywood.
“In the first sitting, I fell in love with Jean Harlow,” said photographer Charles Sinclair Bull. “She had the most beautiful and seductive body I ever photographed.”
Harlow paved the way for platinum blondes of the 1950s such as Mamie Van Doren and Marilyn Monroe. She died at the age of 26 in June 1937 of uremic poisoning brought on by acute nephritis.
“She was a square shooter if there ever was one,” Spencer Tracy said.
Harlow off the movie screen
Harlow with a young fan outside of Grauman’s Chinese Theater in 1933.
Watching the National Air Races of Los Angeles Municipal Airport in 1933. She raised the flag tobegin the races.
Celebrating the end of Prohibition, Harlow christens a truck load of beer in 1933. Pictured with Walter Huston.
Harlow with fiance William Powell at William Randolph Hearst’s birthday party in 1936
Harlow lets out toads for a Horned Toad Derby in 1931.
Harlow with First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in 1937, celebrating the 55 birthday of President Roosevelt. She was also helping raise funds for infantile paralysis.
Harlow Fashion
Harlow was well known for slinky, white satin gowns. In April 2012, Time listed her as one of the top 100 fashion icons of all time.
Harlow in her signature style of a slinky gown
Harlow in a suit designed by Adrian, who shares a birthday with her
Harlow in fur
Harlow in shorts
Harlow in 1933. A gold and sequined gown with an Oriental influence
Harlow in 1933 in riding clothes
Harlow on set of film “Personal Property” in 1937
Harlow and furry friends
It’s said Harlow was a lover of animals. On the day Rin Tin Tin died in 1932, jut a month shy of 14, Rinty was no longer strong enough to go to his master’s side. Harlow, who lived across the street, came over and cradled his head in her lap as he died. Years before Lee Duncan had given her one of Rinty’s first puppies.
Harlow and her dachshund Nosey
Jean Harlow hugging her Pomeranian, Oscar
Harlow in 1936 with her dog
Jean Harlow in 1932 with a Borzoi
Harlow in her mother
When Harlow died, her mother estate was left to her mother which worth roughly $1 million.
Jean Harlow with her mother
Harlow and Jean Bello in 1935
Harlow and her mother in 1932
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Beautiful. Thank you so much.
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I’m glad you enjoyed it 🙂 I know how much you love Jean.
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Beautiful tribute! You picked such wonderful photographs to represent her life.
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Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. I like to see the photos of stars being active rather than just posing.
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Wonderful photos, except for the Toad Derby – eww!
Jean Harlow could wear a flour bag and still look marvelous.
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Reblogged this on classicmovienight.
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Thank you! I appreciate it, I think you are the first person to ever re-blog anything 🙂
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I thought it was such a wonderful post, that I needed to share it. Great job! 🙂
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A lovely tribute. Thanks for putting it together.
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Thank you Kevin, and thank you for reading! 🙂
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Thanks so much for these beautiful photos. Glad to know she was a lover of dogs as I am. I wish she had married William Powell and lived happily ever after with that fine man. Just look forward to your take on Hollywood every chance I get.
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I’m glad you enjoy it and appreciate your readership 🙂
I too wonder how she and William Powell would have ended up-the same as how I wonder how Lombard and Gable would have ended up had she not passed away.
I know it was a long time ago, but I still get sad that Harlow died so young.
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It is the first time I have ever seen a picture of her Mom.
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